The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'AJAX Definer'

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Brazilian President'

#65 Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva - President of Brazil
Has made Brazil a focal point for broad use of open-source technologies and as a proving ground for One Laptop Per Child.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Father of Java'

#64 James Gosling - Sun Microsystems
The Father of Java, which changed the way applications for the Web were developed.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'E-Voting Critic'

#63 Avi Rubin - Johns Hopkins
As director of ACCURATE (A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections), he has been a high-profile critic of electronic voting technology.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Pretty Good Privacy Creator'

#62 Phil Zimmermann - PGP
Creator of the e-mail encryption program Pretty Good Privacy, which outlasted the feds who sought to make it illegal.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Credit Card Trendsetter'

#61 Gregor S. Bailar - Capital One
CIO of Capital One, trendsetter for credit card industry and for using IT for competitive advantage.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'FCC Chairman'

#60 Kevin Martin - FCC
Chairman of the FCC, he has served as a commissioner since 2001; just turned 40.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'DOD Deputy'

#59 Dr. Linton Wells II - U.S. Department of Defense
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, has worked on improving field communications and computing capabilities.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Sun Influencer'

#58 Simon Phipps - Sun Microsystems
Sun's chief open-source officer has been instrumental in shoving the company into its open-source future.

The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 2 - 'Health Care IT Pioneer'

#57 John Halamka M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
As a physician turned CIO, Halamka has been a prominent pioneer in electronic medical records and other health care IT initiatives.